I'll look for that book.

IIRC, 1881 weren't the LAST known Indian raid in Texas. I believe it was 1883 that a group of Mescaleros and Lipans raided from New Mexico clear to Mason County Texas, a very late date in that area in the history of the Indian Wars. I'm not recalling fatalities, just stolen stock. As usual they eluded the local posses.

Lt John Lapham Bullis and 29 Black Seminoles were called in, intitiating perhaps the all-time greatest tracking duel in the history of the West, IIRC twenty-nine days and, according to this Texas Ranger site, 1,000 miles.

http://www.texasranger.org/dispatch/Backissues/Dispatch_Issue_28.pdf

The Apaches made the safety of the reservation back in New Mexico just hours ahead of their pursuit, Bullis being denied juristiction there by the Indian Agent.

That whole episode oughtta be a Texas legend too....

Birdwatcher

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